New Home Page

In my article on “build it, try it, fix it,” I mentioned I was using an iterative approach for developing my new website. Today we launched a new version.  What are the changes?  The unconventional thinking theme is now more pervasive.  Each of the topics on the left link to that theme (e.g., Unconventional Thinking About…Innovation).  In […]

Goal-Free Athletes

Sunday evening I had more fun than I have had in a long time. Let me explain. A while back I stumbled across a wonderful company that does gift bags for VIP events like the Oscars. Goal-Free Living has been included in several gift bags over the past year. The most recent gift bag was […]

101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life

I recently “co-authored” a book with Zig Ziglar, Jim Rohn, Denis Waitley, Brian Tracy, and 96 other self-improvement authors. The book entitled 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life, is now available…for less than $15. When you buy this book, you will be given a bonus gift bundle worth 100 times the price of the […]

Return of the Goalaholic

This past week was quite interesting. The Goal-Free Living book officially launched. I started the “Goal-Freedom” tour with several speeches and radio interviews in the New York City area. And we did an email blast to increase awareness of the book to a massive audience. Although I’d like to claim I was 100% goal-free during […]

Goal-Free on TomPeters.com

Today, I am honoroed to become one of Tom Peters’s “cool friends. ” With this, Goal-Free Living is featured on TomPeters.com. Tom is one of the long-time gurus in the business world, known for numerous books fromIn Search of Excellence (1982) to Re-imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age (2003)

New Endorsement — Mike Veeck

“I thought so much of Stephen Shapiro’s Goal-Free Living that I incorporated his research into spots we are running for our ball clubs. Goals pick up where fun ends.” — Mike Veeck, Author of Fun is Good. I am thrilled to receive Mike’s endorsement. Although we have never met, his reputation precedes him. Mike, son […]